J/A+A/702/A79ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/702/A79doi:10.26093/cds/vizier/bc-ny/lhjCDSMinniti D.Fragkou V.Alonso-Garcia J.Majaess D.Cortesi A.2026-08-03T06:58:39Z2025-10-07T11:49:12ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frplanetary-nebulaeinfrared-photometryAccurate photometric characterization of central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPNe) toward the Galactic plane is significantly hindered by the high levels of interstellar extinction in these regions. However, near-infrared (near-IR) observations offer a more effective alternative, as extinction is substantially reduced at these wavelengths. By mitigating the effects of interstellar extinction through near-IR observations of the Galactic disk and bulge, we seek to improve the identification and characterization of CSPNe in these regions, enabling a deeper understanding of their properties and evolutionary status. We use the near-IR photometry of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey and its extension VVVX to define the near-IR photometry of a large sample of CSPNe recently identified with Gaia EDR3 data. We explore the optical and near-IR properties of all CSPNe in our sample, and search for eclipsing binary candidates among them by employing relevant catalogs. We present a homogeneous catalog of 1274 CSPNe, including their Z, Y, H, J, and K near-IR magnitudes and their errors, and our findings concerning the photometric properties of our sample. We find 14 CSPNe with a large IR excess indicating cool companions and/or surrounding discs and 56 eclipsing binary candidates. Conclusions. Based on the present VVVX CSPN catalog we conclude that near-IR photometry can be proved valuable for CSPNe further and in-depth studies. 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(2021A&A...656A..51G,. Cat. J/A+A/656/A51)PNPlanetary Nebula identifier (PN GLLL.l+BB.b)meta.id;meta.maincharRAJ2000Right Ascension (J2000)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Declination (J2000)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainGmag? Gaia G-band magnitudemagphot.mag;em.optfloatnullableBP-RP? Gaia BP-RP colormagphot.color;em.opt.B;em.opt.RfloatnullablerecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintZmag? Z-band magnitudemagphot.mag;em.opt.Ifloatnullablee_Zmag? Error in Z_magmagstat.error;phot.magfloatnullableYmag? Y-band magnitudemagphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_Ymag? Error in Y_magmagstat.error;phot.magfloatnullableJmag? J-band magnitudemagphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_Jmag? Error in J_magmagstat.error;phot.magfloatnullableHmag? H-band magnitudemagphot.mag;em.IR.Hfloatnullablee_Hmag? Error in H_magmagstat.error;phot.magfloatnullableKsmag? Ks-band magnitudemagphot.mag;em.IR.Kfloatnullablee_Ksmag? Error in Ks_magmagstat.error;phot.magfloatnullableGroup[ABC] Gonzalez-Santamaria et al. (2021A&A...656A..51G,. Cat. J/A+A/656/A51) group classificationmeta.codecharMType[ABEIRS-] Parker et al. (2016JPhCS.728c2008P) morphological classificationsrc.morphcharDang? PN major diameterarcsecphys.angSizechar